News from the Church in Malta
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 14, 19-28
Psalm: 144 (145), 10-11.12-13ab.21
Gospel: Jn 14, 27-31a
Jesus said to his disciples: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi
Fl-Evanġelju kollu, hemm darba biss li jissemma Ġuda bil-kliem li hu qal – Ġuda mhux l-Iskarjota imma l-appostlu l-ieħor. Proprju fl-Evanġelju tal-lum, meta jagħmel dik il-mistoqsija: “Mulej, din kif inhi li int se turi ruħek lilna u mhux lid-dinja?”
Kien hemm diversi li staqsew mistoqsijiet lil Ġesù f’dak id-diskors tal-aħħar ċena għax riedu li jifhmu aktar ċar – bħal Tumas u Filippu… Read more »
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A displaced Yemeni woman prepares food inside a temporary shelter at a camp for internally displaced persons on the outskirts of Sana’a (ANSA)
The Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development provides new guidelines for responding to the challenges of assisting internally displaced persons.
The Vatican on Tuesday presented guidelines for the Church’s response to the situation of internally displaced persons (IDPs)… Read more »
Pope Francis turns his thoughts during morning Mass to those who are suffering because they have lost their jobs due to the pandemic and reflects on how God has sent the Holy Spirit to accompany and sustain us throughout our lives.
Pope Francis presided over Mass at the Casa Santa Marta on the Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter. During his introduction he said that at this time his thoughts go to the unemployed… Read more »
Follow today’s Mass readings from here.
Prayer for Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace You as if You were already there, and unite myself wholly to You… Read more »
Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Readings of the day
First Reading Acts 14, 5-18
Psalm: 113B (115), 1-2.3-4.15-16
Gospel: Jn 14, 21-26
Jesus said to his disciples: “Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.” Judas, not the Iscariot, said to him, “Master, then what happened that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”
Jesus answered and said to him, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him… Read more »
L-Omelija tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi
“Jiena t-triq, il-verità u l-ħajja”. Dan huwa l-kliem li smajna lil Ġesù jgħid lid-dixxipli tiegħu fl-Evanġelju tal-lum.
Nixtieqkom tinnutaw kif dan il-kliem ta’ Ġesù – it-triq, il-verità u l-ħajja – imiss xewqat mill-aktar profondi li għandna fil-qalb tagħna.
Xewqa li għandna hi żgur li nkunu nafu t-triq, li nkunu fit-triq it-tajba. Ngħiduha kemm-il darba f’ħajjitna u nħossuha, li aħna nixtiequ li l-mixja tal-ħajja tagħna tkun fit-triq it-tajba… Read more »
Homily by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna
“I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life” (Jn 14:6). Jesus responds to the insistent question of Thomas who wants to know the way and he asks Jesus: “Master, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” (Jn 14:5). The answer Jesus gives is an important one and a solemn one… Read more »
Mass in Maltese from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieħa, Mellieħa at 9:30am
Mass in English from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieħa, Mellieħa at 10:30am
Mass in Maltese from the Parish Church of the Annunciation in Ħal Balzan at 11:30am
Follow today’s Mass readings from here.
Prayer for Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament… Read more »
